The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-02-20
coMrANr os ANNuAL REcEr1roN.


| AL 6OCauA uuDOA&Cu Out TO t~1fAIcl-
pate in the Great Military Ball.
Everybody in Hoboken on Wednesday
last Piled everybody else with the question
which has evolved into a very venerable
chestnut, ''Are you going to the ball this
EVENING"" But it was very seldom that
the reply to the question came that day,
mot this evening; some other evening J"
1t was go that evening or stay at home
for another twelvemouth before another
chance would present itself to attend one
| of those events for which Company c.,
| Second Reg ment is and has for long
time been famous. This company's dress
parade and reception is the military ball of
the season always IN this state. Indeed, it
is to New Jersey what the Old Guard ball
in New York is TO society across the
river. Never has there been more
brilliant social military event than the
annual reception given by this famous
company of the National Guard at their
armory in Hoboken last Wednesday
night. Not only was it attended by five
hundred of Hoboken's social lights-aDd
when the tone of Hoboken gets together
it is a gathering of which any city may
justly be proud-but there were many
military men and their ladies present from
the Seventh and Fourth regiments of New
York, and the Twenty third, Thirteenth
and Forty seventh regiments, of Brook
lyn. The hall was beautifully decorated.
The walls were concealed by banners,
strearers and bunting. From the centre
of the ceiling radated streamers of gauze,
Of sky-biue Tint, to which were fastened
stars or gold and silver, fnrming a canopy
nF sfarc and ~ affoOf N
atmosphere was fragrant. A huge CO.
logne fountain threw out spray delic-
iously charged with the balm of
thousand flowers. The music furnished
by Sause's orchestra was to the Queens
caste, and to it elegantly apparelled ladies,
loaded down with those most precious
stones, diamonds; escorted by ''the boys in
blue" or the conventional swallow tail, dis
playing a wealth of ootless shirt front sell
dom seen in Hudson county, danced the
happy hours away or engaged in delightful
tete q teteS in some of the company rooms.
OF course, the committees in whose charge
affairs of this kind are, have much depend
ing on them for successful browning of
their efforts, and it is to the lasting credit
of the committees of last Wednesday nights
reception that greater success never
crowned the efforts of any committees
charged with similar duties. These COM
mittees were as follows: Floor Manager,
Captain Ramon M. Cook; Assistant Floor
Manager, First Lieutenant Lewis R. Nc
Culloch; Floor Committee Corporal J.
Bohnert, Privates ". Miller, L. Schmatz,
E. Meeks, E. Tournade and A. R. Benson.
Reception Committee Second Lieutenant
Louis S Lancon, chairman First Sergeant
G. A. Brightman, Corporal j. I. Duncan,
Private @. d. Harroun, Sergeant G. H. Stell,
Privates H. f. Miller and G. Fl. Entrup.
Committee of Arrangements-Serg r.
T. Van Zandt, Jr., chairman; Sergeant FL.
SCHNEIDER, Private L. Alces, Corporal w.
II. Hall, Private e. CHASER The dancing,
which was commenced punctually at ten
o'clock, was continued till four o'clock
Thursday morning, and was participated
in by the following, Captain Ramon Cook
and Miss Slonix leading the grand march:
Colonel Stevens and staff, Lieutenant Lam
con and Miss Aschman, AdjutaAt Benson
and wife, Sergeant Brightman and wife,
Sergeant Major Rabold and Miss Bohnert,
Drum Major Philbert and wife, Sergeant
Van Zandt and Miss A. Thompson, Mr..
Geaver and wife, Charles Esterbrook and
Miss Householder, Mr.. Swindell and Miss
Jennie Philbert, A. Turner and Miss A.
Durrell, Mr.. Vanetten and Miss LaDey, j.
Maize and Miss Gussie Wilson, Mr.. Geaver
and Miss Zoos, Drum Major Weinthal, of
the Eighth Regiment, N. q S. N. Y. and
wife, W. Woolern and sister, L. Alces and
sister, First General Guide Jacoby and Miss
j. Duncan, Justice Samuel Webb and wife,
W. Miller and Miss Ven Blarcom, Mr. Burt
Crane and wife. Gus Pierrig aud wife. Harry
Kruger and Miss Aggie Philbert, Mayor
Kerr, Recorder McDonough, Lieutenant
Weinbagen and wife, E. J. Benson and
lady, Charles Orth and wife, Mr.. Dsllehey
and Miss Walsh. Sergeant Stell and Miss
Maggie Dan els, George Coppers and Miss
Jones, J. J. Duncan and lady, A. r. Benson
and Miss T. Daniels, Samuel Johnson and
lady, FL. A. Duble and Miss Cecilia James,
f. Drahle and Miss Fannie OFT, Charles
Pierriz and lady, G. Rosenbaum and lady,
j. Archer and lady, and host of others,
whose names lack of space forbids us to
publish.